Renofa Yamaguchi hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 19 points and a 20th position in the J2-League table. Visiting Júbilo Iwata holds 10th place with 30 pts.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Yamaguchi and Júbilo Iwata.
Renofa Yamaguchi form and stats
Renofa Yamaguchi have collected 13 points from their J2-League home games so far after 4-1-6.
The Yamaguchi fans got no joy from their last match, a J2-League game also here at Ishin Me-Life Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Fagiano Okayama (placed 16th). A strong away win before that one, visiting JEF United and winning 2-1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Yamaguchi as they are travelling to their away game against Ehime in the J2-League. That match is three days after this one.
Renofa Yamaguchi are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 11 games. Yamaguchi have conceded 17 from these games.
Júbilo Iwata form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J2-League travels is 2 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
Two away games in a row for Júbilo Iwata, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Montedio Yamagata in the J2-League. A draw for Júbilo before that, at their own venue hosting Ventforet Kofu (1-1).
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Kyoto Sanga in just four days.
Júbilo have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 11 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Júbilo Iwata have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Júbilo Iwata - Renofa Yamaguchi 2-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Yamaguchi zero wins, zero draws and Júbilo Iwata two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Araújo de Almeida 9 goals |  K. Ukita 6 goals | K. Ogawa 6 goals |
Renofa Yamaguchi missing players
Júbilo Iwata missing players
| Renofa Yamaguchi | Júbilo Iwata | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 23 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 32 |
| 39 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | 25 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 86% |
| 82% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | 77% |
| 64% | 64% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 50% |
| 27% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 32% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 59% | 55% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 55% |
| 14% | 18% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 32% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 50% | 32% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 208 | 114 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 43 | 90 | 235 |
| 74 | 41 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 31 | 85 |
| 30% | 29% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | 38% |
- Renofa Yamaguchi haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tokushima Vortis | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 44 |
| 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 44 |
| 3 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 40 |
| 4 | Avispa Fukuoka | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 40 |
| 5 | Ventforet Kofu | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 35 |
| 6 | Kyoto Sanga | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 34 |
| 7 | Tochigi | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 33 |
| 8 | Tokyo Verdy | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 31 |
| 9 | Albirex Niigata | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 31 |
| 10 | Júbilo Iwata | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 30 |
| 11 | Mito Hollyhock | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 30 |
| 12 | JEF United | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 29 |
| 13 | Machida Zelvia | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 29 |
| 14 | Omiya Ardija | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 29 |
| 15 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 28 |
| 16 | Fagiano Okayama | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 27 |
| 17 | Montedio Yamagata | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 26 |
| 18 | Ryūkyū | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -6 | 23 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -15 | 20 |
| 20 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -16 | 19 |
| 21 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 18 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -21 | 19 |
| 22 | Ehime | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -8 | 18 |